[Nomination] Yoshitomo Matsubara

[yoshitomo-matsubara]

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• I am nominating myself for the PyTorch Ambassador Program.
• I am nominating someone else to become a PyTorch Ambassador.

Please confirm that the nominee meets the following requirements:

• The nominee is 18 years of age or older.
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Nominee Name

Yoshitomo Matsubara

Nominee Email

dr.yoshitomo.matsubara@gmail.com

Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle

yoshitomo-matsubara

(Optional) Organization / Affiliation

Yahoo Inc.

City, State/Province, Country

Bellevue, WA, USA

Your Name

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Your Email (Optional)

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How has the nominee contributed to PyTorch?

• An active contributor to PyTorch repositories (e.g., commits, PRs, discussions).
• A speaker at PyTorch events or workshops.
• A PyTorch user group organizer or meetup host.
• A researcher or educator using PyTorch in academic work or training.
• An active leader in the PyTorch community with at least one year of experience in:
• Organizing events (virtual/in-person).
• Speaking at AI/ML conferences.
• Mentoring others in PyTorch.
• Creating technical content (e.g., blogs, videos, tutorials).

🏆 How Would the Nominee Contribute as an Ambassador?

As a PyTorch Ambassador, I would help students, engineers, and researchers in academia/industry in the following manners (but not limited to):
- share knowledge about launching new PyTorch-based Python packages (CI/CD, PyPI, documentation, etc)
- organize local (USA, Japan) / virtual events for encouraging the engineering and research communities to open-source and design reproducible projects
- mentor those who want to start such projects themselves
- offer tutorials about coding-free PyTorch-based frameworks for reproducible deep learning experiments

Any additional details you'd like to share?

I am a research scientist with strong passion of open source/science. [Most of my papers](https://yoshitomo-matsubara.net/publications/) are published with [code](https://github.com/yoshitomo-matsubara) and/or [artifacts](https://huggingface.co/yoshitomo-matsubara) for reproducibility and helping research communities build on my work.

I am also an ML OSS developer (nights and weekends), actively developing pip-installable PyTorch frameworks, [torchdistill](https://github.com/yoshitomo-matsubara/torchdistill) and [sc2bench](https://github.com/yoshitomo-matsubara/sc2-benchmark), as the author for several years. torchdistill joined PyTorch Ecosystem in 2023 ([PyTorch Community Blog](https://pytorch.org/blog/enhancing-deep-learning/), [PyTorch Medium](https://medium.com/pytorch/torchdistill-a-modular-configuration-driven-framework-for-reproducible-deep-learning-and-9e0ecabf2815)).

For the two PyTorch frameworks, I opened the discussion pages ([torchdistill](https://github.com/yoshitomo-matsubara/torchdistill/discussions) and [sc2bench](https://github.com/yoshitomo-matsubara/sc2-benchmark/discussions)) a few years ago and I actively help users there. Before that, I contributed to discussions and Q&A at [pytorch/vision](https://github.com/pytorch/vision/issues?q=yoshitomo-matsubara) and [PyTorch Forums](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/yoshitomo-matsubara/summary).

I also gave [OSS talks](https://yoshitomo-matsubara.net/projects/oss/) at research workshops a few times.

[github-actions]

👋 Thank you for submitting a nomination for the PyTorch Ambassador Program! 🎉

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🔹 Review Process & Next Steps:

1️⃣ Initial Review – The nomination will be reviewed by the team.

2️⃣ One-on-One Review – If shortlisted, the nominee will have a session with the Executive Director.

3️⃣ Ranking & Selection – Reviewers will assign scores based on eligibility and impact.

4️⃣ Final Decision – Selected ambassadors will receive an official invitation. ✅

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[github-actions]

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[github-actions]

Hello Yoshitomo Matsubara,

Congratulations! 🎉 We're excited to inform you that you have been selected as a 2025 PyTorch Ambassador. Your contributions, impact, and commitment to the PyTorch community stood out during the review process.

You should also have received an invitation to join our private program management repository, where onboarding details and next steps will be shared. If you do not see the invite, please comment here and we will assist you.

Best regards,
The PyTorch PMO

[yoshitomo-matsubara]

Thank you for the great news! I am so excited :D

You should also have received an invitation to join our private program management repository, where onboarding details and next steps will be shared. If you do not see the invite, please comment here and we will assist you.

I have not received the invitation (email or GitHub notification either) yet. Could you check the invitation status?